Hiya Nigel: I enjoy watching your videos quite a bit for the scenery as well as design/composition. From decades of teaching art at the university level I often feel that you and I agree when it has to do with a particular design, arrangement or composition. I'd like to suggest an expansion of the theory you articulate in this video not limited to just "balance" but to consider it as a set which includes balance, emphasis and rhythm of the design elements. I consider emphasis to be the variance of visual weight in a composition and rhythm to be the repetition of visual weights-especially when they do not become a more uniform configuration I think of as a pattern. As you have suggested, balance is the equalizing of weight side-to-side, top-to-bottom, or diagonally. These relationships are established via a maddening array of shape, texture, figure to ground, color, space, size and etc.
At my fist photography workshop, my instructor told me that I was easily distracted by "bling" aka color. She was right. She told me to first judge my photos in black and white and if they passed that test, I could add the color back into the image. It was good advice.
Totally agree. I used my 50 1.2 for a florist shoot this weekend for the preparation of a wedding and it’s so so good. It came into its own in the church with low light 😍
This was really , really informative . The "reading left to right" philosophy is something we do subconsciously and I never really thought about it . Also the directional arrow was dead on and works . Hard to teach this stuff as so much is "feel" .
Western people read left to right because our written word is written from left to right, and top to bottom. That’s not the same for everybody though...
Hi Nigel, just bought your new eBook „Composition“. Your „Woodland“ eBook,bougt it earlier this year, is amazing. The new one in a similar layout looks great. Now (here in Berlin) it‘s almost midnight and I started reading right know. Thank you very much for this diamonds.❤😊 kdl. rgds, Daniel
I loved the video! It’s always good for a reminder of the fundamentals of composition. Sometimes you lose sight of certain aspects and this video just refreshed my thought process on composition. Thanks Nigel! 😊
I love how analytical you are with your photography. It resonates a lot with me and I personally I can't help it to overanalyze my photos though it certainly gotten me to a better level. I have a background in physics as well so it may be due to that academic level of thinking.
The same here! Physicists tend to over analyze a lot of things 😂 But to be honest it’s great because I can say straight away what’s wrong with my or someone’s image
The image at 2:57 has another aspect: rhythm. In you r analysis you ignore that, but there's a repetition of the sea stack's triangle shape in the left foreground and right foreground's rock formations. The peak on the clouds is a nice addition to that. Their spacing provides balance indeed, but what makes it captivating is this "rhythm".
Another great video on composition. You are really helping me to visualize a scene. Thanks. What is the device you are using to display your photographs? Tablet? Laptop?
The lava flow photo is beautiful, but I would've loved to see a bit more of the left and right sides. They felt overly "cropped" if that makes sense...
Hi Nigel. Really interesting and helpful video with excellent tips. Just curious on the iPad editor you were using? It doesn't look like LR for iPad. Thanks.
I've just been watching through your videos on camera settings and modes etc. love your work! Do you have a preference or any opinion on Display mode (for the backscreen and EVF)?
Hey Nigel. I really enjoy your videos. I was wondering about your thoughts on our eyes reading left to right, so the image should flow left to right, not right to left. If it flows at all.
I struggle wity landscaoes in the peaks. Its all about the foreground as its generally quite flat looking but i dont find the foreground is enough. I dont think ive ever made an image in the peaks that I come back to to look at in terms of landscape however i love the peaks for its waterfalls and ive made some great images from the various brooks and Gills.
If/when you go back to the Peak District for another shot at the 8:26 image, try the 85/1.8S, 50/1.8S, 35/1.8S and shoot a multi or single row panoramas that give the same kind of angle of view as the current shot. The panorama gives you bigger distance, than here with the very wide angle lens used, from the bolder in the foreground and the "Square Law" (of perspective) [1] helps reducing the difference in size between that boulder and the stack in the mid/back-ground. [1] Most photographers know the Inverse Square Law for flash light intensity and corresponding exposure but this follows from the Square Law of perspective: if at distance 1 we see a frame of 1x1 (= area 1), then at at distance 2 we see a frame of 2x2 (= area 4) - 2 times the distance gives 2^2 times the area. Farther away such differences become smaller, relatively.
Just never horizontally flip images with text on human elements like road signs, buildings, car license plates, etc. That ice berg at 12:15 looked like a cross bow. If that ice berg was pointed the other way, it would really point to the upper left of the image.
@@NigelDanson I am your big fan I am also Photographer but unfortunately I don't have good camera and stups. I followed you from long time. I gained too much from you Thanks for sharing 😊
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I have always been very critical of my own images but have never spent the time to analyse why. Thank you for all these great tips to get me started
I love your images and I totally understand what you're talking about. I'm glad it's not all about the thirds etc.
Hiya Nigel: I enjoy watching your videos quite a bit for the scenery as well as design/composition. From decades of teaching art at the university level I often feel that you and I agree when it has to do with a particular design, arrangement or composition.
I'd like to suggest an expansion of the theory you articulate in this video not limited to just "balance" but to consider it as a set which includes balance, emphasis and rhythm of the design elements.
I consider emphasis to be the variance of visual weight in a composition and rhythm to be the repetition of visual weights-especially when they do not become a more uniform configuration I think of as a pattern. As you have suggested, balance is the equalizing of weight side-to-side, top-to-bottom, or diagonally. These relationships are established via a maddening array of shape, texture, figure to ground, color, space, size and etc.
At my fist photography workshop, my instructor told me that I was easily distracted by "bling" aka color. She was right. She told me to first judge my photos in black and white and if they passed that test, I could add the color back into the image. It was good advice.
Totally agree. I used my 50 1.2 for a florist shoot this weekend for the preparation of a wedding and it’s so so good. It came into its own in the church with low light 😍
This was really , really informative . The "reading left to right" philosophy is something we do subconsciously and I never really thought about it . Also the directional arrow was dead on and works . Hard to teach this stuff as so much is "feel" .
Western people read left to right because our written word is written from left to right, and top to bottom. That’s not the same for everybody though...
Nigel, Awesome Video. Thank-you.
Great tips Nigel!
Hi Nigel, just bought your new eBook „Composition“. Your „Woodland“ eBook,bougt it earlier this year, is amazing. The new one in a similar layout looks great. Now (here in Berlin) it‘s almost midnight and I started reading right know. Thank you very much for this diamonds.❤😊 kdl. rgds, Daniel
Absolutely love these Nigel. Reminds me how I just need to get out there & just do it - practice makes perfect.
For me their is great information here and direction in this video by Nigel, thanks I’ll be using this info on my next outing 👍
Really useful tips for me. Thanks, Nigel.
Thanks so much for these compositional tips. I will keep them in-mind when I'm out next.
I loved the video! It’s always good for a reminder of the fundamentals of composition. Sometimes you lose sight of certain aspects and this video just refreshed my thought process on composition. Thanks Nigel! 😊
Hello, which app for tablet do you use for study compositions? Very interesting to study composition.
... great advices... thank you... and good luck with exhibition 🥰...
I love how analytical you are with your photography. It resonates a lot with me and I personally I can't help it to overanalyze my photos though it certainly gotten me to a better level. I have a background in physics as well so it may be due to that academic level of thinking.
I always found photography difficult so it is the only way I know. There are many routes to great photos!
The same here! Physicists tend to over analyze a lot of things 😂 But to be honest it’s great because I can say straight away what’s wrong with my or someone’s image
East coast insomniac appreciates worthwile content too early on a Sunday morning. Nice treatment of what can be an elusive visual tool. Carry on. 👍🥂
Excellent video. I love the left-pointing sign. It creates tension. The known or the unknown. Stay with my software company or follow my heart.
I don't think I could've resisted placing that sea stack right in the middle of the curved coastline.
The image at 2:57 has another aspect: rhythm. In you r analysis you ignore that, but there's a repetition of the sea stack's triangle shape in the left foreground and right foreground's rock formations. The peak on the clouds is a nice addition to that. Their spacing provides balance indeed, but what makes it captivating is this "rhythm".
Another great video on composition. You are really helping me to visualize a scene. Thanks.
What is the device you are using to display your photographs? Tablet? Laptop?
The lava flow photo is beautiful, but I would've loved to see a bit more of the left and right sides. They felt overly "cropped" if that makes sense...
Great examples. I’m mentally going again over the shots I’m exhibiting next month to be sure they meet this standard.
Hi Nigel. Really interesting and helpful video with excellent tips. Just curious on the iPad editor you were using? It doesn't look like LR for iPad. Thanks.
I believe the iPad editor is the Apple Photos app.
I've just been watching through your videos on camera settings and modes etc. love your work!
Do you have a preference or any opinion on Display mode (for the backscreen and EVF)?
Thanks for sharing these amazing tips 🌱🙌
Thanks, That was really helpful I struggled all the time with balance in my photography. Also, where is the location of the exhibition?
Thank you!
This was really helpful. Thanks.
Hey Nigel. I really enjoy your videos. I was wondering about your thoughts on our eyes reading left to right, so the image should flow left to right, not right to left. If it flows at all.
Love love your videos ….which tablet or device is that .?? Love it …. Thx
Very useful! Thanks!
great video. thanks again
Thanks for sharing. Isn't just applying the rule of thirds as well? It helps me a lot.
Great advice. Struggle a bit to make good balance in portrait photos
What pad are you using, and I see the software is something called Markup? Great advice.
I struggle wity landscaoes in the peaks. Its all about the foreground as its generally quite flat looking but i dont find the foreground is enough. I dont think ive ever made an image in the peaks that I come back to to look at in terms of landscape however i love the peaks for its waterfalls and ive made some great images from the various brooks and Gills.
exactly it's all about foreground, even for a portrait
Foreground good , mid ok but the distance weak in open shot if you follow the rules
Wish I could make it to your exhibition, but it is a long trip from the U.S.
Some languages are read right to left, should we be talking about accessibility in compositions? ;)
The one with the wall and signthat might be one to flip 🤔
I think the volcano looked better flipped. Maybe because the smoke was flowing left to right that way.
If/when you go back to the Peak District for another shot at the 8:26 image, try the 85/1.8S, 50/1.8S, 35/1.8S and shoot a multi or single row panoramas that give the same kind of angle of view as the current shot. The panorama gives you bigger distance, than here with the very wide angle lens used, from the bolder in the foreground and the "Square Law" (of perspective) [1] helps reducing the difference in size between that boulder and the stack in the mid/back-ground.
[1] Most photographers know the Inverse Square Law for flash light intensity and corresponding exposure but this follows from the Square Law of perspective: if at distance 1 we see a frame of 1x1 (= area 1), then at at distance 2 we see a frame of 2x2 (= area 4) - 2 times the distance gives 2^2 times the area. Farther away such differences become smaller, relatively.
if the signs pointing the wrong way you can always.....
Where's Pebbles these days?
Just never horizontally flip images with text on human elements like road signs, buildings, car license plates, etc. That ice berg at 12:15 looked like a cross bow. If that ice berg was pointed the other way, it would really point to the upper left of the image.
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It's not beginner vs pro.. But natural photo vs disco photo... Every time raw processed to get Martian photos.. Why?
You mean he over-processes his raw pictures to the point where they don't look natural "Earthly" landscapes anymore, right?
Why you remove my comments 😮
I haven’t? Don’t understand
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@@NigelDanson I am your big fan I am also Photographer but unfortunately I don't have good camera and stups. I followed you from long time. I gained too much from you Thanks for sharing 😊